{"id":378681,"date":"2026-08-22T22:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T22:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378681\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T22:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T22:44:16","slug":"roadway-reopens-following-gas-leak-in-okeechobee-county-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378681\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadway reopens following gas leak in Okeechobee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A street in Okeechobee County has reopened following a gas leak on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A big thank you to the gas crews for their incredibly fast and efficient response, and for making everyone\u2019s safety their top priority,&#8221; the Okeechobee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/florida\/desantis-set-to-hold-orlando-press-conference-today-alongside-ladapo-harris-florida-news-desantis-press-conference-joseph-ladapo-shevaun-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DeSantis set to hold Orlando press conference today alongside Ladapo, Harris<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OCSO said construction crews accidentally struck a natural gas line on NE 48th Avenue, prompting the street to be shut down temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office said the leak was minimal, but the roadway was temporarily closed to ensure the safety of motorists, residents and emergency personnel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A street in Okeechobee County has reopened following a gas leak on Wednesday. &#8220;A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-378681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}